The Electors
Doug Blake resides in Seattle WA where he has been active with the Order since 1994 e.v. regularly serving as Chartered Initiator and EGC Priest. Br. Doug was appointed to the College in 2001 e.v.
Eliza McBryde has served as a member of the Electoral College since 2001. As the College's first Mentor Secretary, she designed and implemented the Mentor Program, and initiated the Camp in Formation program. Before joining the College, she was deputy and treasurer of Sekhet-Maat Lodge, and she served as Notocon Chair. Currently, she is the chair of Kaaba Colloquium, a Thelemic leadership seminar offered twice yearly at various locales around the country. She is an active priestess and devoted member of Sekhet-Maat Lodge in Portland, Oregon, where she lives with her husband and their feline companions.
Fr. MSNV joined the Order in September 1992 e.v., and was the founding Master of what is now Heru Behutet Oasis. He stepped down in order to volunteer for service on the Electoral College in 2002 e.v. He holds a BGS in political science from the University of Kansas. One of his interests is extensive comparison of the system of OTO with that of old aeon Freemasonry (he is also Past Master of a Masonic Lodge). In the last few years he has been working exhaustively to improve himself as a Priest of Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica and to come to a comprehensive understanding of its central rite. He also pursues his interests as a musician, having toured nationally, and dividing his little spare time between two bands.
Ariana White has been a Thelemite for most of her life. She is a proud member of Coph Nia Oasis, where she priestesses, initiates, and ensures the continued existence of independent temple space along with her brothers and sisters. She is also a perpetual student in the conventional sense and enjoys a rather hermetic life with her family. She currently serves as the Electoral College Archives Secretary.
Dann Buchanan joined the OTO in January of 1993 in the hopes of furthering his own magickal progress, and has found not only enough knowledge within the veil of the Lodge to do that, but has found a compelling reason to serve the Order and through it, all humanity. He has joined the Electoral College out of that desire to serve, and hopes that in his term as elector he will be able to do some good not only in the Order but in the whole world, for ultimately it is his belief that the Law, summed up by the words "Do What Thou Wilt" is the most sublime of all ethics. It is this that will elevate and refine the soul of mankind, if anything will. He is exceedingly glad to be serving with such brothers and sisters as he finds himself amongst, all of them brave, faithful, true, and honest. Dann currently serves us in the office of President of the Electoral College.
Liesl Cluff was born in Iona before the beginning of years. She was first initiated at Thelema Lodge about a decade ago, and now enjoys the home she has found at 93 Lodge. Her reason for joining the OTO: "For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect."
After practicing yoga and ceremonial magick on her own for many years, Deborah received her Minerval Initiation in 1997. She was a founding officer of Blue Horizon Oasis, serving as Secretary and then as Master of that body. She remains active in her local OTO community as an EGC Priestess, MMM Initiator, and event coordinator. She takes great joy in communicating through magickal ritual, whether it be the Gnostic Mass, an Initiation, or an original creation. Deborah is also a certified Hatha Yoga instructor, and is studying to become a Registered Dietitian. She was seated on the Electoral College in Spring of 2006, and has taken the opportunity to serve the Order as a star in the company of stars, and as the Electoral College Secretary.
Sister Beth Kimbell has been an initiate of the O.T.O. since Anno IVix. She has held most positions at her home body of Knights Templar Oasis, in Salem, MA, and remains active as local Initiation Chair, Initiator, E.G.C. Priestess, Special Events Coordinator, sometime class facilitator, and Newsletter Editor. She is also a long-time member of Sekhet-Maat Lodge in Portland, OR and newly a member of Tahuti Lodge and Tahuti Chapter in New York City and Psyche-Eros Chapter in the Pacific Northwest.
She is heavily active in the conference arena having coordinated NOTOCON VI, Anno IVxv, and since then serving as National Conference Committee Secretary for U.S.G.L., speaking at several conferences of Thelemic and Kink natures, and was appointed U.S.G.L. Kaaba Coordinator, Anno IVxvii. See her longer bio at hermetic.com.
She joined the Electoral College on Anno IVxviii Sol 23° Libra, Luna 12° Aquarius Dies Saturnii. In her spare time, she attempts to uplift humanity by setting a good example and doing the Work; practices magick; plays D&D; plans events for charity; and caters the rare wedding; but, spends most of her down time reading, writing her next essay or ritual, and compulsively rearranging her home, which she soon hopes to share with a feline companion.
Her Latin motto is 'Superius exemplar semper praebeo', colloquially meaning 'I always raise the bar', reflecting her constant drive to improvement. She likes things 'Just-So' and idolizes Benjamin Franklin.
David Hill has been a member of O.T.O. since 1996 e.v. In years past, he has served as secretary at Bubastis Oasis and Treasurer at Scarlet Woman Lodge. He spent five years serving the Order as International Initiation Secretary under the auspices of International Headquarters. He is currently a member of Scarlet Woman Lodge where he serves as priest and initiator. He is also a member of Alpha Chapter R+C and Baphomet Chapter R+C where he holds a position on the committee of four.
Br. David is currently in the process of finishing his doctorate in clinical psychology and thrives on assisting others by helping them to remove obstacles to their True Wills within a therapeutic context. He is a member of the Psychology Guild and helps to present the guild's pastoral counseling workshops as well as contributing to the guild's journal, Neshamah.
Br. David enjoys researching the history of occult orders and the origins of Western Esotericism. To this end, he has presented at NOTOCON on the rites antecedent to O.T.O. and at TOTOCON on the mysticism of Emmanuel Swedenborg. When not engaged in academic or mystical pursuits, Br. David enjoys practicing various forms of kung fu, taking his motorcycle out to the racetrack, and relaxing with his fiancee. He was honored to be seated on the Electoral College of USGL at the Fall 2010 e.v. meeting, and he looks forward to many years of service to the Man of Earth Triad.
Amy Wolfing first become interested in magick and Thelema in the mid-90's, and shortly thereafter took her Minerval at William Blake Lodge. As time went on, she became more involved in Thelesis Lodge, serving as Treasurer and Priestess. Amy has been a professional writer for over 25 years, a graduate of Temple University with a BA in Political Science and has been working for 15 years in the area of human resources training and development. The requirements to join the Electoral College include, "... giving evidence of first-rate ability in some branch of athletics," and to meet this Amy ran the New York Marathon twice. She was seated on the College in 2009.
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